The Monarch defense forced five turnovers, as D.J. Simond and Reggie Owens intercepted passes, and forced three fumbles.

Jarod Brown kicked a 25-yard field goal to give ODU a 52-10 lead while Zach Pascal and Kirk Spellman caught TD passes from David Washington.

The teams traded late field goals and Terrance Tusan capped the scoring with a two-yard run while Gerard Johnson put the finishing touches on the score with one-yard run for the final, 76-19.

The Monarchs received the ball first and took just five plays to cover 55 yards, as Heinicke hit Larry Pinkard for a 13-yard touchdown.

John Fleck got Howard on the board with a 30-yard field goal but ODU stormed right back as Heinicke connected with Pinkard for a 29-yard touchdown for a 14-3 Monarch lead.

After the ODU defense forced a punt, Heinicke hit Antonio Vaughan on the first play of the drive for a 76-yard deep ball for a 21-3 Old Dominion advantage.

Howard had a solid drive wiped out as Reggie Owens intercepted Greg McGhee in the end zone while the Monarchs cruised down the field and Colby Goodwyn capped a 10 play, 80-yard drive with a one-yard plunge to give ODU a 28-3 lead.

Anthony Philyaw scored on a six-yard run for Howard but the Monarchs countered as Blair Roberts caught a nine-yard pass from Heinicke to put ODU on top 35-10.

The Monarchs stopped the Bison on a fourth down play at the ODU six and Heinicke led the team on a 94-yard drive capped by Gerard Johnson’s first career TD on a six-yard run.

Heinicke capped the first half scoring with a 10-yard run to give ODU a 49-10 first half lead.

Notes: Larry Pinkard caught his first two touchdown passes of the season on the first two drives of the game. The touchdowns were 13 and 29 yards long … Taylor Heinicke’s 76-yard TD pass to Antonio Vaughan was the longest reception in Vaughan’s career, surpassing his 74-yard TD against Georgia Southern last season … Reggie Owens intercepted McGhee in the end zone to thwart a Howard drive, the INT was Owens’ first of the season and second of his career … Heinicke completed his first eight passes for 188 yards and three touchdowns … True freshman Gerard Johnson carried the ball for the first time in his career for the Monarchs, he ran 10 times for 35 yards … The true freshman from Richmond scored his first career touchdown in the second quarter … The fumble forced by Terrell Reid and recovered by Richie Staton was ODU’s first fumble recovery of the year … Heinicke passed for more than 400 yards for the sixth time in his career … D.J. Simon recorded his first career interception … David Washington hit Zach Pascal for a TD pass in the third quarter, the first career TD for each … Pascal recorded a game-high and career-best nine catches for 124 yards and a TD … Aaron Evans’ 76-yard kickoff return in the third quarter is the fourth longest in school history.